The video provides across-the-board insight into the labor that goes into visual effects — chronicling everything from the simplest task of color correcting establishing shots to the more complex, multi-step process of building an action sequence via green-screen work and three-dimensional modeling.

Anderson previously partnered with Look Effects on “Moonrise Kingdom.” In addition to Anderson’s films, Look Effects’ other most recent feature credits include “Noah,” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Man of Steel.” In the television space their credits span both cable and network — “Game of Thrones,” “Bones” and “Nashville” to name a few.

While the publication of this reel removes some of the mystique about Anderson and his body of work, it also provides a very strong suggestion to the larger independent filmmaking community: that there is, in fact, a recipe behind every great success story.

What? How does this remove any mystique from Anderson's work. Do you have any idea how films are made? Have you ever watched the closing credits of a Fincher movie or a Scorsese movie, let alone a Pixar movie? The video is awesome. This article is an embarrassment to indieWIRE.